For the first time, three streaming services (Netflix, Max and Paramount+) have earned duPont-Columbia Awards, broadcasting’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes, in a single year.
Columbia Journalism School announced the 16 winners of the 2025 duPonts on Wednesday night during a ceremony on the Upper Manhattan campus of the Ivy League university.
While the streamers led the list of notable newer winners, a number of duPont perennials, including Frontline, 60 Minutes, CNN and broadcast news networks did not make the cut this year.
Bill Whitaker, a correspondent with 60 Minutes and Steve Inskeep, NPR Morning Edition host, co-hosted the event, which unfolded as clouds formed over the media business in the early days of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Prior to the ceremony, Trump appointee Brendan Carr, who chairs the Federal Communications Commission, on Wednesday revived complaints against ABC, CBS and NBC. The complaints had been dismissed
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